topsail-yard

He took one look at Mr. Harding, then made a wild jump for the rigging and climbed right back up to that topsail-yard.

CHAPTER IX 2010

H.M.S. Scout, rushing helter skelter, colliding with everybody, bestriding their horses as they would a topsail-yard, hanging on to manes and lassoing horns, and enjoying themselves thoroughly.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

The Fram remained here for thirteen days, which were chiefly spent in repairing the propeller and cleaning the engine; in addition to this the topsail-yard, which was nearly broken in the middle, was spliced, as we had no opportunity of getting a new one.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

On each mast the lower yard, lower topsail-yard, and lower topgallantsail-yard do not hoist up and down; the others do.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various

These latter, of course, would have now to be reduced, in order to suit the diminished height of the new mast, whereon the topsail-yard would have to do duty for the old fore-yard, and the topgallant one be transferred into a topsail-yard.

The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg

He took one look at Mr. Harding, then made a wild jump for the rigging and climbed right back up to that topsail-yard.

Chapter 9 1914

I doubt if many of them, on the first try, could lay out on a topsail-yard in a gale of wind without immediately falling overboard; but they don't have to lay out on topsail-yards nowadays.

The U-boat hunters 1912

And so, having gotten in our three jury lower-masts, we hoisted up the foreyard to the main, to act as our mainyard, and did likewise with the topsail-yard to the fore, and after that, we sent up the t'gallant-yard to the mizzen.

The Boats of the Glen Carrig: Chapter 16 1907

The Fram remained here for thirteen days, which were chiefly spent in repairing the propeller and cleaning the engine; in addition to this the topsail-yard, which was nearly broken in the middle, was spliced, as we had no opportunity of getting a new one.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900

The Fram remained here for thirteen days, which were chiefly spent in repairing the propeller and cleaning the engine; in addition to this the topsail-yard, which was nearly broken in the middle, was spliced, as we had no opportunity of getting a new one.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900